This claim of a 350 mile week is in my honest opinion, complete and utter fantasy. As a qualified endurance coach who has coached some reasonable runners and knows many athletes who run competitive ultras I find the 350 mile claim incredulous.

Whilst I have no doubt that Amy increased he weekly mileage substantially during the training for the event, I just cannot see how Amy is able to actually run 350 miles in a single training week without breaking down injured. Indeed I would be so bold as to say I doubt very much she could do any more than 100-120 miles in a week for an extended period of time without getting injured.

If you consider that her official marathon PB (3.53) race pace is 08:54/mi, it would be safe to assume that the training would be conducted at a pace much slower than her marathon race pace. This assertion is supported by the fact she states in her video that the training is about â€˜time on feetâ€™. Based on that, to get the required daily mileage she would need to be running anywhere between 9-11+ hours per day. Given the need to rest / recover / refuel then, even with 6 days of double runs I cannot see this happening.

Verdict - This claim is fantasy

Ultrarunning Judge

RE: Women runs 520 miles on treadmill in 7 days but doesn't get WR as Guinness says her witness doesn't count8/7/2017 6:43AM - in reply to YorkieCoach

YorkieCoach wrote:If you consider that her official marathon PB (3.53) race pace is 08:54/mi, it would be safe to assume that the training would be conducted at a pace much slower than her marathon race pace.

Verdict - This claim is fantasy

I did some quick math based on the women's records for the marathon, 100k and 100 mile. Obviously the longer the distance the slower the pace. From that an 80 mile race would have a pace per mile approximately 1.4 times the marathon pace. Amy's last three marathons average approximately 4.5 hrs so her 80 mile race pace would be 6.3 hrs per marathon. Now as 80 miles is just over 3 marathons she would need to run for over 19 hours to cover the 80 miles. And this is time running and doesn't include toilet breaks, stretching, eating etc. Finally this calculation is based on race pace, i.e. going all out for the finish line and leaving nothing in reserve for the next day or the day after.

For a multiday event Amy would need to run at something below race pace. If Amy ran at 7.86 hrs per marathon, or 80% of race pace, she would need all 24 hours of the day to cover 80 miles.

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RE: Women runs 520 miles on treadmill in 7 days but doesn't get WR as Guinness says her witness doesn't count8/7/2017 7:25AM - in reply to Raddison

Nice statistical analysis. I think it's pretty clear that it would take an athlete of exceptional strength, robustness and ability to be able to run 350 miles in a training week. Whilst I have now doubt Amy increased her run volume to train for the event, there is absolutely zero chance that she actually managed to run a training week of 350 miles.

Sole bro

RE: Women runs 520 miles on treadmill in 7 days but doesn't get WR as Guinness says her witness doesn't count8/7/2017 7:27AM - in reply to Scam_Watcheroo

Go Amy Go! wrote:Has Scam finished watching all 27 hours of Amy running on a treadmill in a mall?

I've scrubbed through the video.

An interesting bit of trivia, I took the suggestion of where someone said to count the number of times the Sole logo passes by on the treadmill belt to determine how fast Amy is moving at different points.

She is using a Sole Fitness TT8 treadmill that was gifted to her by Sole Fitness UK as part of her sponsorship. From the manual of the TT8, the flat top of the belt is 60 inches long with 3 inch diameter wheels at the ends. This gives an effective belt length of about 127 inches when you do the math.

At the 11:02:00 mark of the Sept. 6, 2016 live stream video where Amy is in full running pace, I counted that it took about 32 seconds for the Sole logo on the belt to pass by 20 times. This means at that time, Amy had the treadmill set to run at about 4.5 mph.

At the 00:43:40 mark of the Sept. 6 video where Amy is walking on the treadmill, I counted it took about 50 seconds to complete 20 revolutions of the treadmill belt. This means that her walking pace is about 2.9 mph.

Anyone want to check my math?

Math is wrong. 128" belt length. Up to 129.5" with stretching.

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RE: Women runs 520 miles on treadmill in 7 days but doesn't get WR as Guinness says her witness doesn't count8/7/2017 7:43AM - in reply to Imagine that

Watching the "Mud Run" video really made me laugh. Whilst viewing the video I started to think that she could have a great career doing parody running videos. It's the funniest thing I've watched on the internet in an age.

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RE: Women runs 520 miles on treadmill in 7 days but doesn't get WR as Guinness says her witness doesn't count8/7/2017 8:25AM - in reply to MoreParodyNeeded

MoreParodyNeeded wrote:Watching the "Mud Run" video really made me laugh. Whilst viewing the video I started to think that she could have a great career doing parody running videos. It's the funniest thing I've watched on the internet in an age.

I have not read this whole thread, may have already been pointed out, but it looks like they looped the segment where she is doing the split jump plank to give the appearance she did more in a row than she is actually capable. She couldn't even do three burpees in a row at the very end. Looks like two hungover people who woke up in the woods and couldn't find their wat out, actually. Inspirational stuff.

Toughest tough mudder

RE: Women runs 520 miles on treadmill in 7 days but doesn't get WR as Guinness says her witness doesn't count8/7/2017 8:27AM - in reply to MoreParodyNeeded

MoreParodyNeeded wrote:Watching the "Mud Run" video really made me laugh. Whilst viewing the video I started to think that she could have a great career doing parody running videos. It's the funniest thing I've watched on the internet in an age.

The best part is when they smear mud in their faces at the end to look "better". Which mud runner does that?

MoreParodyNeeded

RE: Women runs 520 miles on treadmill in 7 days but doesn't get WR as Guinness says her witness doesn't count8/7/2017 8:45AM - in reply to Toughest tough mudder

Ultrarunning Judge wrote:What you need to do is count the total number of revolutions for all of the time you have available.

Yeah, that is the better approach. But it will need to have a bit of the distance estimated based on walking/running speed since this are a few minutes where people stand in front of the camera obstructing the view of the treadmill.

I estimate that someone counting would have on the order of around 20,000 revolutions of the treadmill belt to count. Probably best to break it down into 15 minute manageable chunks to allow for a record of how many revolutions are counted to allow other people to verify. This task would be extremely tedious but yield quite solid proof......